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How do monuments that venerate individuals who promoted hate and bigotry affect our efforts to create a more tolerant society?

A white educator reflects on this reality: Most teachers in the United States are white, which means that many children of color don’t have academic role models who look like them.

Every time a new study is released showing black students are suspended at far higher rates than any of their peers, the public seems shocked. Words like “race” and “school to prison pipeline” and “discrimination” find their way into headlines—and then the issue fades away yet again.

Going into children’s communities is the best way for teachers to learn about the cultural wealth existing in homes and to understand the importance of including families in the education of their children.

This teacher believes tackling social justice issues adds something to her students’ lives—and requires more than occasional treatment.

If race is a social construct, what’s up with DNA ancestry testing?